Egypt and the Cold War By Ian Smith

  • Nasser rise to power

    Nasser rise to power
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    It was the short conflict fallowing the Suez Canal being nationalized by Egypt President Nasser. Brittan and France made an alliance with Israel to get it back. This caused the UN to step in to preserve the peace. The troops left giving Suez Canal to Egypt.
  • Anwar Sadet Comes to Power

    Anwar Sadet Comes to Power
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    Yom Kipper war

    Also considered as the Ramadan war, drew both U.S. and soviet Russia indirectly. Israel was attacked by both Egypt and Syria. Egypt forces attacked from the east, and Syria attacked through the Golan Heights. On October 22 the UN adopted a resolution stating cease fire. The hostiles continued to fight for another 4 days.
  • Camp David Acord

    Camp David Acord
    The Peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, Carter, Anwar Sadat, and Prime Minister Begin was there to settle the arguments between Israel and Egypt. This was over the Sinai peninsula It was signed in September 1978. This lead to the forming Egypt- Israel Peace treaty.
  • Egypt Isreal Peace Treaty

    Egypt Isreal Peace Treaty
  • Anwar Sadat Assasinated

    He was assasinated By the Jihad in egypt
  • Honsi Mubarak comes to power

    Honsi Mubarak comes to power
    He had been a command hero of the 1973 war against Israel when he shed the epaulets of Air Chief Marshal to serve as vice president to Anwar Sadat. Thus when Anwar Sadat was assassinated he rose to power and became president/ dictator of Egypt.